Directed by:
Larry CharlesCinematography:
Lawrence SherComposer:
Erran Baron CohenCast:
Sacha Baron Cohen, Aasif Mandvi, Anna Faris, Adeel Akhtar, Horatio Sanz, Ben Kingsley, Megan Fox, B.J. Novak, John C. Reilly, Kevin Corrigan, Jason Mantzoukas (more)VOD (6)
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Comedy written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen following the dedicated attempts of a dictator to stave off the terrible threat of democracy. Like all good dictators, General Admiral Aladeen (Cohen), the self-described 'Supreme Leader, All Triumphant General and Chief Opthalmologist of the People's Republic of Wadiya', understands that the people of his nation don't really know what they want - only he does. That's why democracy is such a terrible threat and why Aladeen must cast himself against it with as much vigour as he can muster. Unfortunately, in the form of ill-intentioned meddlers like the United States of America and the United Nations, Aladeen also faces external threats to his rule. The film follows him as he heads to a UN meeting in New York to defy his enemies and their muddled notions of 'rule by the people'. (Paramount Home Entertainment)
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